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Sean Duffy: “There were some proposals to rip out these freeways, to rip…”

Featuring: Sean Duffy, Republican | Secretary of Transportation | National

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Published | Video Starts at 17:49

On the racist road front, you know, he had. Back in the 60s, were roads built through communities that might have been of color, that separated them. Yeah, that did happen. But There were some proposals to rip out these freeways, to rip out roads because they were racist. I'm like, yeah, put a bridge over them. Right. Or put an underpass under. If you want to connect communities, maybe that's the way you do it. But again, driving policy. (17:49–17:58)

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